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Web Search

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brave·vlatest·backend·MIT

Helps with web development, search as part of developing backend services and APIs workflows.

Repository

Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add brave/brave-search-skills --skill web-search -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

brave

Matched to the vendor's own GitHub organisation.

Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: api.search.brave.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    api.search.brave.comundeclared

    What it found (3 of 4)

    • skills/web-search/SKILL.md:16contacts api.search.brave.com
      curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=python+web+frameworks" \
    • skills/web-search/SKILL.md:23contacts api.search.brave.com
      curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search" \
    • skills/web-search/SKILL.md:291contacts api.search.brave.com
      curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=weather+san+francisco&enable_rich_callback=true" \

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned brave/brave-search-skills at 62793e0c49.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
62793e0c49
Manifest
skills/web-search/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 309 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
What each check looks for →

About this skill

The Brave Web Search skill enables AI agents to perform live internet searches, retrieving current information and summarizing results directly within their workflow. It acts as a bridge between static knowledge bases and dynamic global data sources.

When to use it

  • Real-time verification: Confirming breaking news or stock prices that may have changed since the agent's training cutoff.
  • Current events analysis: Gathering up-to-date statistics on weather patterns, election results, or sports scores.
  • Local availability: Checking opening hours, menus, or inventory levels for specific businesses in a user's area.
  • Trend monitoring: Identifying emerging topics or viral discussions happening on social media right now.

Key capabilities

  • Executes live queries across the public web.
  • Aggregates and synthesizes search results into coherent summaries.
  • Provides access to information outside of pre-trained datasets.

Example prompts

  • "Search for the latest weather forecast in Tokyo for the next three days."
  • "Find current reviews for the new iPhone 16 released this week."
  • "What are the top trending topics on Twitter right now regarding climate change?"

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your AI agent has active internet connectivity enabled, as this skill relies entirely on external data sources. Results may vary based on search engine availability in specific regions or language settings.